Self-acting igniting device.



Patented Dec. 3, l90l.

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(Application filed Feb. 23, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILHELM BOEHM, OF BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGEA. VEISS,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SELF-ACTING IGNITING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 4of Letters Patent No. 688,056, dated December 3, 1901. Application filed February 23,1901. Serial No. 48,457. (No model.)

To all whom t mag/concern: constructed so as to be folded up when not Be it known that LWILHELM BOEHM, cheinin use. With this end in View it consists of ist, a subject of the King of Prussia, Emperor two rings f g, which are united together by a of Germany,residingat74Rathenowerstrasse, spiral spring o of cylindrical cross-section, 5 5

5 in the city of Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, Gerwhich is covered with a suitable pliable tuman Empire, have invented certain new and bular-shaped covering material t, Fig. 2, and useful Improvements in Self-Acting Gas-Igwhich is attached to the device by a bayonetuiting Devices, of which the following is a jointr or by equivalent means. It is evident specification. that by the use of the said spiral spring, 6o

Io This invention has reference to self-acting which necessarily fits closely to the sides of gas-ignition devices which cause the ignition the lamp-chimney when extended on account of gas through the medium of an igniter of of its elastic properties, the chimney can be zethiops of metals of the platinum group, and cleaned without damaging the delicate light it especially refers to a new way of supportmantle, such as the extensively-used delicate 65 I5 ing the device and centering such igniter Welsbach-light mantleor, asa matter of fact, whereby the gas is made to strike the igniter any other light mantle. I may also increase more directly and the adaptability of the dethe diameter of the chimney-cleaner so as to vice is evidently greatly increased as commake it fit over the chimney for the purpose pared with devices of this kind employed of cleaning the outside of the same, the de- 7o 2o heretofore. vice remaining otherwise unchanged.

On. the accompanying drawings I have It is obvious that my device is a great iinshown my invention in a preferred form of provement over self-acting gas-igniting deconstruction in vertical longitudinal section. vices as heretofore in use inasmuch as it se- Figure l shows the device in position in cures the central position of the igniter, and 75 the lamp-chimney, and Fig. 2 shows a form I am also enabled to combine the ignition of of construction of the chimney-cleaner. Fig. the gas with the cleaning of the chimney, if

3 is a somewhat-modified form of construcso desired. l

tion of the apparatus. In Fig. 3 I have shown a somewhat-modi- The whole device is attached to a handle ct, fied form of the perforated casing surround- 8o 3o the free end b of which is suitably linked, ing the igniter. The said casing is here given preferably bya ball-and-socket-joint connecthe shape of a renaissance lantern; but it is tion c, to a tubular-shaped perforated casing obvious that my invention is not limited to cl of any desired section and the lower part any particular shape of any part of the casof which in the preferred form of construcing, which, in fact, may assume any fancy 85 tion shown in the figures is of such diameter configuration and shape desired, the essential as to iitinto the lamp-chimney. The tubularfeature of my invention consisting in the use shaped body CZ is preferably made in two secof the lamp-chimney as a support for the detions l and 2, which are connected at c by a vice and as a means to secure the right posibayonet-joint r or in any other convenient tion ofthe igniter. v 9o 4o manner. The igniter proper, p, is fixed to or What I claim, and desire to secure by Letsuspended from the apex of the tubular body, ters Patent of the United States, is-

the upper part of which is surrounded by an l. In a self-acting igniting device provided exterior ring m of suitable material, which Awith an igniter made from :ethiops of metals iits on the upper rim of the chimney and of the platinum group, a perforated casing 95 serves as a support and for centering the desurrounding said igniter and consisting oftwo vice in the right position upon the chimney. parts of unequal length and unequal diam- By the outer ring I am also enabled to seeter, the shorter part being broader and servcurely guide the apparatus and to also insure ing for the attachment of a suitable handle the central position of the igniter itself and and for centering the igniter on top of the roo the proper height above the chimney. lamp-chimney, While the longer part acts as The chimney-cleaner, Fig. 2, is preferably a guide in the lamp-chimney and means for attaching the said parts to each other, substantially as described.

2. In a self-acting igniting device t-he combination with an gniter comprising eethiops of metals of the platinum group, of a tubularshaped perforated casing of any desired section surrounding said igniter, and consisting of two parts of unequal length, the shorter part serving for the attachment of a suitable handle While the lon ger part serves as a guide Within the lamp-chimney and as a means to center the shorter part on top of the lampchimney, substantially as described.

3. In a self-acting igniting device,provided with an igniter made from sethiops of metals of the platinum group, a perforated casing surrounding the igniter and made in two parts of unequal 1engtl1,a ring of suitable material surrounding the shorter part of said casing and serving to increase the diameter thereof so as to center the igniter and support the shorter part of said casing on top of the lamp-chimney, While the longer part serves as a guide in the lamp-chimney and means for attaching the said parts of unequal length to each other, substantially as described.

4. A self-acting igniting device,comprising the combination with an igniter of metals of the platinum group, of a tubular-'shaped casing of any desired section and fitting into the lamp-chimney of the burner and jointed to a suitable handle, part of the said casing being foldable and being detachably connected to the body part of the device, and an exterior ring of suitable material, to support the device on the upper rim of the lamp-chimney, substantially as described.

5. In a self-acting igniting device provided lwith an igniter made from aethiops of metals of the platinum group, a perforated casing surrounding saidigniter and consisting of two parts of unequal length and unequal diameter, the'shorter part being broader and serving for the attachment of a suitable handle and for centering the igniter on top of the lamp-chimney, while the longer part acts as a guide in connection with the lamp-chimney and means for attaching the said parts to each other, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILHELM BOEHM. lVitnesses:

HENRY HASPER, WOLDEMAR HAUPT. 

